Telegram-herald., 1887-05-01

The a.ad That Made aaImpoFtsnt Change
ia ghs Charter Il Cnknosa
uFhafs = mistake. Tie bill vas Dot ia
thas committee hands aL tbs time. said
Hon. Joha kl.ezn. last evening when
sspoFtsr called bis attention % paragraph
Ia an evening paper inamalnS taat the
Clerk of the House Comm lfes on Municipal
Corporations W4s respons.0.s los TIE charter
ansnlmsnt limiting the amount Of money
10 be boFroNesi BY the Council % 50. CO.
yes. III cell you al that 1 know aoo1t
The matter be continued, and pIocee led
su0stantsliy a. follows
''Nhea tls amen inenis leit the House
Section H. of Article X, read ilst as Il sp-
peafs ID the certified cop4es except the
Nordfsnot exceeding the SUM oi $1,000.
II ~as uoCfed Of the fact that the section
co1ialrsd this Limitation clause, By A tele-
gram fron this city on Wednesday and Was
grealiy surprised. because 1 knew that the
Onlr chan ges in the section were quite IN
Important. such as reducing TIE rate OK in-
tsse3r lO hs paid. from seven % six per cent,
ete. vent Immediately 70 the Office Of the
secretary OF state and tornd the facts IS
safsi Ia the telegram watch, oy the way.
did not come from anyone connected with
the LegdT. although that paper claims 20
have discovered the Limitation clause The
discovery was made By another party.
Vet. j vas AZ loss 20 know how
the iirnItstion csEne 20 be there and then
s0u1ht the original manuscript aud found
thai he words moi % exceed. etc. had been
intsrilnsd with red ink. A closer exsnina-
tion showed tnat the interiireatiOn bad
been written GfsE With \ pencil and then
traced with INK. ! then found Mr.. Rose,
nns Of TIE engrossing clerks. and We ex-
smiDad the NJ anuscrip % together. but neither
81 as. nor anyone else that has looked a. u
can recognize tae hand writing. j am con-
fiaent that the change was made while the
biil was a the hands Of the Senate Commit
tee on Cities and Villages, bat cannot i'm
agins how, or by whoa. Il Was certainly
not made in the House Committee
on Municipal Corporations. bat when
think q how many smart Alecks' were
sent up thsrs TO lobby against the amend
msnts I an surprised that more such work
wa not done. No, 1 have no idea that Il
vas d9re In the interest Of the Hydraulic
Company. have 10 reason 70 believe that
representatives Of the company knew any
thug about she matter until II Was discOy-
cred N she certified COPY.
The omission Of the Collectors from the
list Of Ward officers was simply an over
sxht. The Collectors were left out in TIE
original draft Of The amendments, and when
70 vas decided % reinsfats them it was di-
rected that the words one collector be IT.
serted IN he proper plsce. but it was no
done. The House passed bill 20 reInSdS
thst natter. and I think il will pass N.
senate without any trouble. Yes Of courss
vii 90 mr. best % have the Limitation
r1a-rsr corrected A. il should be, but an no
certain that it viii be DONE
Willard kingsley. attorney FOR the CON
psnv, said he had Rad the srt.cle in
Eagl< charging the Hydraulic Company
and tie CLERK OF the Municipal COMMITTEES
wish sons kind Of Jesse James proceed
ings." Mr.. kingsley pat IN q fun sng
conplste denial. and further said Re va
stions of the Er7is."